Word Origin and History for ishihara
Ishihara
name for the popular type of colorblindness test, 1924, from Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), who devised it in 1917.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Calls made by Ishihara for a “new military” are alarming to many Japanese, and the Chinese blogosphere has been fretful about it.
